Herbal Amulets for Protection

There are a variety of herbs, and other amulets, used by a Gypsy chovihani for protection. Among the most popular is garlic, which is often placed under a woman in childbirth to keep her, as well as her newborn baby, safe from any onlookers who may possess the evil eye. Garlic is also rubbed upon the spines of horses during the waning of the moon to have them "always in good spirits and lively."

Hungarian Gypsies believe that hanging the twigs from a thistle plant on a stable door will protect horses, as well as other animals, from bewitchment.

The wolf's bane is another plant believed to have great protective powers. Centuries ago, many of the Gypsies in Romania were said to have valued it as an amulet to guard against those with the power to shapeshift into wolves.

Rye is a popular herb in Gypsy love magick. When baked into bread and then served to a loved one, rye seeds are believed to secure the affections of that person. The pimento is another plant

When enchanted and secretly put in the food of another, it supposedly causes that individual to develop deep romantic feelings for him or her.

A love charm popular among the English Gypsies is mentioned in Charles Godfrey Leland's book of Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling. It calls for an onion or a tulip bulb to be planted in a clean and previously unused pot, while the name of one's beloved is recited. Every day at both sunrise and sunset, the following incantation should be said over the pot:

As each day passes, "the one whom you love will be more and more inclined to you, till you get your heart's desire."

There is an old belief among Gypsies that willow-knots (willow twigs that have naturally grown into a knot) are twined

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